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A LONG-AWAITED £30,000 roundabout is to be built at a busy three-way junction in Middleton St George. It has taken a decade to achieve final agreement for a mini-roundabout to replace the traffic island at The Square, where Station Road, Yarm

THE yearly cost of removing chewing gum from the streets in Darlington town centre runs into thousands of pounds. A report to Darlington Borough Council shows that labour and equipment add up to £13,620. The report, asked for by Coun Doris Jones

REDCAR walker Johanna Jackson dealt with the pressures of favouritism to become the North-East’s first Commonwealth Games gold medallist in Delhi. The 25-year-old, a member of Middlesbrough and Cleveland Harriers, also became the first British

WIND farm monitoring equipment is to be taken down after angry residents complained a company was “riding roughshod over the wishes of local people”. Broadview Energy has spent the past two years using a 60m-high mast to measure wind speed before

A VILLAGE pub has reopened after being closed for almost six years. The Horseshoe Inn, in West Rounton, near Northallerton, has opened its doors following a refurbishment by new owners Stan and Ann Taylor. The 18th century, Grade II-listed building

A CHAIN rather than a ribbon was cut during the official opening of a metal waste recycling base in Darlington. The mayor, Coun Bryan Thistlethwaite, wielded a pair of cutters to perform the ceremony at the European Metal Recycling site on Cleveland

A TRADITIONAL ginger drink made in Reeth has found a new and unexpected market in Eastern Europe. Glendale Ginger is a non-alcoholic drink, made from an old family recipe known only to very few. Makers David and Judy Goff produce and sell it

RICHMOND Town Academy moved level on points with leaders Colburn Town after they beat them 4-1 in the match of the week at Earls Orchard last Saturday. The visitors arrived with a 100 per cent record in league and cup this season but the Academy

DARLINGTON Mowden Park coach Pete Taylor will demand that his team bounce back from two successive defeats when they visit Birkenhead Park tomorrow. After losing 24-18 at home to Bradford and Bingley, Taylor said: “I’m as disappointed as I have

HOPES are growing that a post office service will soon be restored in a Wensleydale village. The Post Office says it is considering an offer to open a branch at Sycamore Hall, Bainbridge. Steve Reynolds, manager of Hawes post office, has offered

COUNTY Durham rally driver Chris Anderson finally conquered the army ranges at Otterburn in Northumberland last weekend by finishing the UTS Cheviot Keith Knox Stages Rally 25th overall. The event which was organised by Whickham and District

THE first round of the League Challenge Cup last Sunday saw one or two shocks but the biggest of all was at Three Coopers as the division one hosts were beaten 7-1 by Bar One. The side from Division Three got off to the perfect start when

Northallerton Town 1 Horden CW 3 FOLLOWING their 1-0 midweek away defeat at Guisborough Town, Northallerton Town produced arguably their worst performance of the season when they were beaten 3-1 at home by fellow strugglers Horden CW. The

THE Middlesbrough DMC lads produced a cracking Clubman trial on Sunday at Charltons, near Guisborough. Richard Simpson, from Yarm, proved top man in A class on four marks lost, dropping the usually consistent Colin Bailey from Egton to runner-up

JEMA Henderson and Kelly Grey won the pairs class at the BHS Cross-Country Championships last weekend. BHS Gold members from across the UK converged on Eland Lodge in Derbyshire for the event. Riders competed in three classes – novice, pairs

NORTHALLERTON faced a tough away trip on Saturday to play Wakefield Wanderers. The side got off to a bad start, conceding in the first ten minutes after a period of sustained pressure by Wakefield. But Northallerton gradually got into the game

Barnard Castle & Teesdale Riding Club. – Oct 29: Halloween gymkhana at Catterick Saddle Club. Visit www.bcandtrc.co. uk for schedule and entry form. Bedale Hunt Supporters. – Sun, Oct 17: Hunter trial, Maunby Hall, Thirsk. Pairs (8 per horse),

YORK brought down the curtain on its fantastic 2010 season last Saturday and Middleham trainer Mark Johnston had a fine double, both ridden by Greg Fairly. Namibian got the ball rolling in the opening maiden before Act Of Kalanisi put in a

A FAMILY-OWNED company has launched a green scheme that could help homeowners turn the tables on power companies. Aeris Solutions has reported a dramatic increase in inquiries from householders looking to reduce their energy bills by using solar

A LEADING commercial property developer is campaigning to bring the Green Investment Bank to the Tees Valley. John Orchard, director of Marchday Group, which owns the Lingfield Point business park in Darlington, has written to Justine Greening

THE H&H Group has reported a record £1.37m trading profit for the year ending June 2010 – 40pc up on 2009. The Carlisle-based plc puts it down to developing efficient systems, effective marketing and customer focus. The sale of development land

A PEUGEOT dealership is investing almost £1m in a modernisation and refurbishment programme at its Stockton site. Simon Bailes has been based at Stockton Riverside since 2005 and employs a team of 30. The new dealership will create more showroom

A RURAL estate is enjoying increased demand for its firewood logs. Mulgrave Estate manages 2,500 acres of woodland near Whitby and has just invested more than £20,000 on the latest firewood-processing machine. The Austrian Posch mechanical log

ANYONE working with poultry in North Yorkshire has been urged to get a free flu vaccine jab from their GP. There are about 1,000 poultry farms and premises where poultry are kept across the county. NHS North Yorkshire and York is making the seasonal

FARMERS Gill and David Rivers have set up a novel bus service for schools. What makes it unique is that the passengers on their double decker bus are not pupils – but animals from their farm. The Farmyard Flyer takes livestock, and other small

No cauli wobbles for splendid Felini. THE last time cauliflower featured large in this spot, it sparked a little local difficulty – with threats of High Court writs and perhaps something even worse being visited on the editor. A colleague had

FICTION ● Minding Frankie, by Maeve Binchy, is published in hardback by Orion, priced £18.99. The queen of Irish storytelling is not ready to hand over her crown anytime soon, if her latest novel is anything to go by. Minding Frankie is a contemporary

Hannah Stephenson about the new series of The Apprentice, how he became multi-millionaire and his has new book What You See Is What You Get. HE doesn’t like liars, can’t stand lightweights and when he’s got a ‘gut feeling’ about someone, you’

JUST one bite of a ripe, crisp apple picked straight off the tree should be enough of a mouth-watering experience to make most gardeners want to grow at least one variety in their own garden. Apples are the taste of autumn and there are many

AESTHETICALLY rugged, this production oozes with all the charm and intimacy one expects from North Country Theatre. The stage is freestanding, relatively small, and surrounded by benches. Under the direction of Nobby Dimon, the five-strong cast

PRELUDE, originally a folk trio formed by Brian Hume with his wife Irene and fellow guitarist/vocalist Ian Vardy in Gateshead in 1970, has been playing to packed houses over Teesdale during the last few months and will perform at Dalton Village

DARLINGTON artist Gina Morton has work at three galleries this month – ranging from London to places closer to home. A distinguished miniaturist, she has again had pieces chosen by the Royal Society of Miniature Painters Sculptors and Gravers for

RIPON Cathedral Concerts Society opened the 2010-11 season of Monday evening concerts with a visit from the Frith Piano Quartet, led by the Yorkshire-based concert pianist Ben Frith, with a programme of music by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Brahms

THE founder of the Carol Andrew Singers is to retire 24 years after forming her eponymous choir. The new music season, which began last weekend with a concert in North Yorkshire, is her last as conductor with the 44-strong group of male and female

TOW Law, to the west of Durham, has a name which reminds us just how anarchic the North-East used to be. The second part, “law”, or “hlaw” as our ancestors would have called it, meant simply “hill”. But the first element, “tow”, comes from the

OCTOBER is sometimes described as the month of the acorn because, from time to time, there is a bumper crop of these interesting fruits of the oak tree. Some of us confuse oak apples with acorns, but the ballshaped oak apples are really galls

Ruth Addicott talks to Simon Wrightson, owner of one of the UK’s top small independent wine merchants. WHEN it comes to wine-tasting, there are few people in the North with such a finely-tuned palate as Simon Wrightson. Having been in

A FASCINATING link between Redcar and the White House has been revived with the death, at 90, of British philosopher Phillipa Foot. Her mother, Esther Cleveland, was the only baby to have been born in the White House as the daughter of Grover

Sir, – How much more taxpayers’ money is to be wasted in Skeeby? A few weeks ago the old bumps were changed for smaller ones. Now they are all to be taken up again to resurface the road. Coun M Heseltine, who was mainly responsible for the

Sir, – Quite correctly, your Eating Out report (D&S, Oct 1) said that our business is a work in progress, as indeed all businesses are. Indeed, we are young – albeit both with degrees in hospitality management. But rather than wallowing in the

Sir, – I get two local papers. One is free and has a competition to count the number of times a frog appears in the issue. Perhaps the other, the D&S, should have a competition to spot the number of references to Coun John Blackie. Don’t get

Sir, – The closure of William Harker Hall, Easington, near Loftus, is a bitter blow to local residents and all users of the centre. For over 40 years, it has been the hub of the community and a focal point for locals to meet. The speed, suddenness

Sir, – I would like to reiterate my earlier favourable comments concerning Abbotts’ 80/89 service between Stokesley, Northallerton and Romanby. My wife and I use this service regularly and continue to be most impressed with it, especially the

Sir, – North Yorkshire County Council has shown great arrogance and a complete lack of disregard for those using Sutton Bank for their daily commute. It erected signs about a couple of weeks ago stating that the A170 would be closed, as has become

Sir, – A surreal consensus emerged during the Conservative party conference that the Coalition partners have gone too far and too fast in attacking families via child benefit cuts. Why? First it breaks a historical contract between state and

Sir, – The headline in your issue of October 8 was “Acute hospital cases may move to Teesside”, about a decision taken to transfer to the James Cook hospital in Middlesbrough “acute stroke cases”, despite the need for quick attention. But this

Sir, – I would like to thank the countryside volunteers and North Yorkshire County Council for replacing the stile on the footpath from close to the Northallerton football field to the A684 road, with a swing gate (kissing gate). I have recently

Sir, – Unlike most of the historical buildings and other structures which surround us even today, our war memorials were built in an extremely short timescale – most in the seven years after 1918. Moreover, in terms of sheer numbers (possibly around

Sir, – I have news for C Johnson of Swainby Village Store, who wrote last week (D&S letters, Oct 8), and for anyone else who may be in a similar situation and it is all bad. The Swainby Village Store is but one of hundreds in the Yorkshire

Sir, – What do readers really know about the forthcoming changes to the NHS? Are they really aware of what making family doctors organise consortiums will do for them as individuals? When you attend the doctor at the moment, he or she offers

From this newspaper 100 years ago. The King is coming to Darlington. From this newspaper 50 years ago. Lapping the bridges at Great Ayton on Monday, the River Leven flooded homes on Levenside and Union Terrace at Stokesley, the

CUTS, cuts, cuts – it is all we seem to read about at the moment and that dreaded C-word is set to dominate the headlines next week with the announcement of the comprehensive spending review. That is just the start, of course. Whatever the chancellor